Where do you begin with Kevin Godley and Lol Creme? Pegged as the eccentric half of 10cc, the duo received acclaim for stretching the limited boundaries of the pop/song format (at first, within 10cc) to include an idiosyncratic blend of conceptual pop melodicism and the indulgence of whimsy. They’re not opposed to shock and awe, either, sometimes purposely delivering oblique and semi-detached material… often driving them further from fan bases. A lot of that changed in the 80s, when the pair discovered the power of video (and video production) in delivering musical ideas direct to the MTV generation, without the need of suspicious radio programmers, which could never figure them out. Here’s a collection of most of their work after leaving 10cc, beginning with the mysteriously bombastic 3LP box set, Consequences – a showcase for their once promising bowed string guitar and bass invention, The Gizmotron (you can read a bunch more about that – and download a Gizmo demo tape – on our previous Consequences post, here). Their following releases were a winding series of always interesting, sometimes illuminating, but rarely fully satisfying albums. It’s fair to say that Godley & Creme are exceptional artists. They’re inventive, creative, unusual and distinct. They’re squares that don’t readily fit into the circular pop/radio hole, and for that they’ve been largely ignored since their biggest hit, “Crying ” cut a swath across MTV in the mid-80s. All of these releases (except the Snack Attack EP) are 2010 reissue upgrades, available at Amazon (just click the covers). Listen to an assortment of tracks below.

Nice collection, Cap.
Always loved ‘L’ (the melliferous tone of the ‘Bad Samaritan’, ‘Sandwiches of You’ and the nightmare inducing ‘Punchbag’).
G&C were 10cc; but once let out they upped the dose; making some of the druggiest music ever – ‘I Pity Inanimate Objects’ still gives me flashbacks: pure acid for the ears.
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‘L’ is an undiscovered classic, with ‘Ismism’ not too far behind. 10cc really suffered when GandC left, although ‘Deceptive Bends’ is a WAY better album than most people reckon. But GandC bought the Art School mania to the band and when they split, Gouldman and Stewart’s slighty more straight-edged vision lacked the (dare I say it) ‘quirkyness’ of the earlier material.

Oh man thank you! I´ve been looking for these crackpots for ages. Wonderful music, though Consequences is the worst album ever made (yes, it is even worse than Lulu – and it gets even worse as the years get by).

These guys…these guys. Can’t tell you how much that little run of albums from L to Birds of Prey has meant to me. It took me a few years to get Ismism and Birds; when a friend of mine went to England on vacation, I asked her to look for them if she went in any record stores (sure, I had Snack Attack, but god that cover was awful and I wanted the real thing)…and she came through. Guess my favorite remains Freeze Frame, though; it’s just full of sardonic brilliance.

Your site…is like a drug to me Willard…..many thanks for making my life more bearable when I can listen to the likes of this great stuff…ismism is my favourite but haven’t heard L…. so…Ill take a listen to that now….once again…thanks you very much for the shares.

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